Giuliani in 2008?

Bernard Kerik is, and has been for a while, Rudy Giuliani's right-hand man. He was his NYC police commissioner, and is now a partner in Giulani's consulting business. We also now know that he is, and has been for a while, a complex man involved in some weird things. Two simultaneous affairs, mob connections....allegations of stalking. Who knows what else...

If Giuliani seriously wants to consider running for President in 2008, this is a huge liability. How can he pick a strong Cabinet if he can't even pick a strong #2 man? There is talk that unless he distances himself from Kerik immediately, he can kiss those aspirations good-bye. That is four years away, yes, but the candidate process will begin sometime in late 2005, meaning he has a year to do it. Don't bet on it.